Fascinating Coastlines in Yuin Country Part 2: Mystery Bay Photo Essay
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Mystery Bay
Mystery Bay can be found some 15 kilometres south of Narooma on the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia.
Characteristic of this piece of coastline is the rock formations and in particular the bright green mossy growth on the rocks. Mystery Bay attracts many visitors, families flock to the beaches for safe swimming and rock pool adventures and fishermen for rock and spear fishing. The area is known for its abundance of abalone, however strict quotas are enforced.
A camping ground skirts this piece of beautiful coastline and campers can set up camp with outlooks over the bay and the mysterious, treeless Montague island just off the coast line.
Mystery Bay often changes its appearance with king tides shifting sand and the lay of the land. A trip to this beautiful piece of coast never disappoints.
http://www.mysterybaycampground.com/index.html
Mystery Bay Seagulls
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Natures Sand Art
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Yuin Dreamtime Legends
Montague Island is integral in Indigenous (Yuin country) dreamtime history. The island is known as Barran-guba, the eldest son of Gulaga. Gulaga is the mountain, (formally Mount Dromedary) the reclining woman, who watches over her two sons, Barran-guba and Nadjinooka, (Little Dromedary). Gulaga was an active volcano some 60 million years ago and the area surrounding the mountain is lush and fertile.
Montague Island can be seen on the horizon of the next set of photos. The island is a nature reserve and is home to many bird species, including the "Little Penguin" and a seal colony. There are currently no permanent human inhabitants of the island since the island's lighthouse was automated, however the place is steeped in the history of lighthouse keepers and families. Day tours are available to the island and overnight stays in the old lighthouse residence c.1881 can be arranged. I have yet to experience the wonders of Montague Island so I will save any further information for another photo essay from the island.
Montague Island on the horizon
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Just rocks - awesome rocks
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Just Water - beautiful water
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Mystery Bay on the Far South Coast, New South Wales, Australia
Mystery Bay, another fascinating piece of coastline in Yuin Country. Look out for Part three in this series.
I hope you have enjoyed my photos.
Fennelseed.
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Absolutely beautiful Annie;I have been to the beach today without moving from my computer.
Beautiful photos and I vote up up and away plus a bookmark into my favourite hubs.
Thank you so much for sharing and here's to so many more to share on here.
Take care my dear friend and enjoy your day.
Eddy.
I really enjoyed your Photo Essay! How right you were: "just water" and "just rocks", but so beautiful and natural! Now I have a place to go and visit once we arrive in Newcastle, NSW!!
Hi leahlefler, its lovely to meet you. It is warm at this time of the year (our summer), but I don't go in. My partner swims while I take photos. I'm a bit obsessed, but I can't stop trying to capture the beauty of nature, it is all around us, hey? I hope you do get to visit Australia one day, but just in case you don't, I will bring lots more snippets of this country here to HP.
Thank you for your comment, best wishes from Fennelseed.
Hi Eddy, so glad you enjoyed my photos. I take so many, the hardest part is sorting them all out! There is so much beauty, everywhere, and it feels like my eyes are opening to take it all in for the first time. I will enjoy my day, thank you and please enjoy your sleep :)
Best wishes my friend, from Annie.
Hi Annie, I could hear the waves crashing against the rocks, taste the salt in the air and hear the gulls calling.
I loved the sand art and the wonderful rocks - I could take photos of rocks all day...
All in all I loved this! a big thank you and vote up from me:-)
Best wishes Lesley
Hi Sylvia13, its lovely to meet you. I am glad you like my photos. Newcastle is another beautiful place, you will love living there.
Thank you so much for your comment, my best wishes to you from Fennelseed.
Good Morning/Evening Lesley, thank you so much for your lovely comment. I love the sand art too, it just captivates me. The saddest thing about this day is it got too dark to take photos so we had to go home :(
Oh, we would have the best time together with our cameras, thank you again and my best wishes in return, from Annie.
What a wonderful photo gallery of Mystery Bay. The water looks so crystal clear and I loved the sand art and rock pictures. Absolutely beautiful. Thanks so much for sharing this and taking me on a cyber visit. It was awesome seeing the beach through the lens of your camera!
Voted up across the board except for funny.
I look forward to seeing many more hubs like this. You are a talented photographer.
You live in a beautiful area. The photos were spectacular. The sand art is amazing. I think it would be lovely to just sit and watch the sand change into different art forms..Thank you again for sharing your beautiful country...
Thank you for sharing the beautiful photos and the lovely hub, Fennelseed. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your photos of Australia.
You are very welcome HBN, I especially love the sand art too, my partner cannot understand my fascination with patterns and textures at the beach, as I can easily spend hours trying to capture these beautiful details. Luckily he loves to swim, so we are both happy!
I also enjoy your fascinating photos and loved your hub on beachside structures. Looking forward to sharing lots more hubs with you, thank you so much for your comment and votes, best wishes from Fennelseed.
I enjoyed reading your hub Fennelseed.
I like the pictures in this hub.
Thank you AE, I love the changing sand patterns too and can easily spend hours photographing just that. I seem to be seeing the world very differently in recent times and have lots more photos to share as I can't get enough of the beauty of nature. I hope you don't get sick of my photos :)
Thank you again for your kind comment. My best wishes from Fennelseed.
Hi Alicia, thank you so much, I am glad you like my photos. I love taking them and I like to share and my loved ones don't always share my enthusiasm!! I guess its a bit like the slide nights my Mum and Dad used to have and we would all sit up there like dicky birds watching these slides long after we had lost interest!! :) :)
I really appreciate your kind comment, my best wishes from Fennelseed.
Hi Shamela thank you so much, I am glad you enjoyed my hub. My best wishes to you, from Fennelseed.
Gorgeous! Oh, how I want to visit there and shall one day. Fennelseed, your photography would make a lovely book. Please consider doing that.
Thank you so much H-Bird. My camera is only a digital point and shoot. I have two film SLR cameras and miss having so much more control with my photography, but oh, how good is digital. I plan to save up for a new SLR digital and maybe then will produce some photos to publish.
I hope you get to visit Australia, and I hope to visit your country also. Thank you so much for your kind comment, my best wishes to you, from Fennelseed.
By the look of thins, many hubbers have liked your hub! Congratulations!
Hi Annie
Spectacular!
Voted up and away
Thank you Sylvia, I am glad that people enjoy my photos because I love taking them, and sharing makes it all worthwhile. I am like you, I also love reading but then can't bare to part with my books. How are your Newcastle plans going?
Hi Sueswan, I am glad my camera could do this magical place a little justice. Thank you so much for your kind comment and votes, my best wishes to you always, from Annie.
Hello Annie, I finally got around to seeing this second set of beautiful photography and I am so glad I did.
The water, sand art, amazing rocks, birds, etc are all amazing. I took my time and looked through the whole slideshow and really enjoyed it. It made me happy you took the time to focus on the little details there. It made it so we could experience it also.
Bringing the beauty of all those things more close up and personal is a gift in itself! The island sounds so interesting. This is part of why I love coastlines, all the things you mention. This particular coastline area is indeed fascinating. :)
I am so glad you liked this On’sts, I get very excited when let loose with my camera. But you know this feeling and isn’t it just the best loosing ourselves in nature with camera in hand. Thank you for spending time to take it all in. The island has a long history, both in settlers’ terms and also in our indigenous people’s dreamtime legends. There are tours that go out there regularly though they are quite expensive. I hope to get out there one day and will definitely report back in pictures.
Thank you so much for your words of appreciation. I look forward to sharing many more photo hubs between us! Best wishes from Fennelseed.
leahlefler Level 7 Commenter 3 months ago
What gorgeous photos - I love looking at pictures of the beach. The water is very clear - is it warm? I really want to visit Australia some day!